WEBVTT MORE ON THAT AFTER THE MORNINGBREEZE.ERIC: NEW STORIES FROM AROUNDIOWA.ELIZABETH: HIGHFLYINGCONSTRUCTION AROUND NORTHERNIOWA.WORK CONTINUES TO UPGRADE THOSEMASSIVE WIND TURBINES.WE WERE FIRST TO TELL YOU ABOUTTHIS LAST MONTH.MIDAMERICAN ENERGY IS SPENDINGONE BILLION DOLLARS TO REPOWEROLD TURBINES ACROSS THE STATE.THEY'RE INSTALLING NEW BLADESAND GENERATORS TO HELP THETURBINES BE MORE EFFICIENT.

MidAmerican Energy plans to build a new wind turbine project that would allow the company to provide 100 percent renewable energy for all its customers for the first time.The company has built 11 wind projects over the past two decades. The newest one announced Wednesday is a $922 million wind farm called Wind 12, which is expected to be complete by 2020.Most of the costs will be paid for with federal funding, but the biggest benefit is that electricity from the turbines will be enough to power every MidAmerican customer – and that keeps prices down."We don't plan to have another rate increase 10 or 15 years ago," said Adam Wright, CEO of MidAmerican Energy. "That happens because we have this low-cost energy resource that we can leverage and keep low and stable, so everyday Iowans will be impacted by having their rates low and stable."MidAmerican will continue to use coal, natural gas and nuclear power for when the wind doesn't blow. The company said it has not yet finalized the future wind turbine sites.The project is expected to create more than 300 construction jobs over the next two years. The new towers, blades and generators will also be much larger than current turbines.

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) —

MidAmerican Energy plans to build a new wind turbine project that would allow the company to provide 100 percent renewable energy for all its customers for the first time.

The company has built 11 wind projects over the past two decades. The newest one announced Wednesday is a $922 million wind farm called Wind 12, which is expected to be complete by 2020.

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Most of the costs will be paid for with federal funding, but the biggest benefit is that electricity from the turbines will be enough to power every MidAmerican customer – and that keeps prices down.

"We don't plan to have another rate increase 10 or 15 years ago," said Adam Wright, CEO of MidAmerican Energy. "That happens because we have this low-cost energy resource that we can leverage and keep low and stable, so everyday Iowans will be impacted by having their rates low and stable."

MidAmerican will continue to use coal, natural gas and nuclear power for when the wind doesn't blow. The company said it has not yet finalized the future wind turbine sites.

The project is expected to create more than 300 construction jobs over the next two years. The new towers, blades and generators will also be much larger than current turbines.